Fastening device for furniture



W. S. HITCH. FASTENING DEVICE FOR FURNITURE.

(No Model.)

Patented Nov. 16,1897;

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UNITED STATES.

PATENT OFFIC 'WILLIAM S; HITCH, OF LAUREL, DELAWARE, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO JAMES H. WILSON, OF DOVER, DELAWARE.

FASTENING DEVIICE'FOR FURNITURE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 593,888, dated November 16, 1897.

Application filed February 26, 1897. Serial No. 625,195. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, WILLIAM S.HIrcH, a citizen of the United States, residing at Laurel, in the county of Sussex and State of Dela-. ware, have invented new and useful Improvements in FasteningDevices for Furniture, 850., of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to an improved fastening device for furniture and the like, and has for its object to provide asimple, strong, durable, and efficient device for removably 'fastening together two pieces or parts of furniture or for detachably fastening together two pieces or parts of any nature whatsoever; and to this end my invention consists in the novel construction and combination of parts hereinafter described, and particularly point ed out in the claim following the description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, wherein I have illustrated my improved device as applied to a bureau for fastening in place the mirror, and wherein Figure 1 is a view in perspective of one of rear elevation of a bureau, showing my in-,

vention applied thereto. Fig. 3 is a section on the line 3 3 of Fig. 2. Fig. 4 is a view in perspective of a slight modification in the bolt and its keepers.

Referring to the drawings, the numeral 1 indicates a bureau or dressing-case, and 2 the frame attached to the back thereof and in which the mirror 3 is pivoted orswung. The bureau and mirror-frame may be constructed in any ordinary, usual, or preferred manner and form no part of my invention.

To the back of the bureau are attached b means of screws two sockets or keepers 4, while to the back of the mirror-frame in alinement with the keepers 4 are likwise attached corresponding keepers 5. Each of the keep-, ers 4 5 comprises two arched or U-shaped socket-pieces 6, provided with webs or flanges 7, projecting horizontally outward in opposite directions from the sides of the socket-pieces and extending from one socket-piece to the other. The two socket-pieces are thus united by the webs or flanges 7 and form in effect a single integral article, but with an open or unobstructed space or aperture between the ing and packing.

sockets. As before stated, the keepers 4 5 are respectively attached to the back of the bureau and the mirror-frame by screws passing through suitable perforations 8, formed in the webs 7, the keepers 4 being in alinement with the keepers 5, and passing through said keepers are bolts 9, that are supported between the socket-pieces 6 and the backs of the bureau and mirror-frame and serve to support the mirror-frame in place upon the bureau. Each of said bolts is formed intermediate its ends with a lug or shoulder 10, which is adapted to rest upon the upper edge of the keeper 4 and hold the bolt in place.

In practice the keepers 4 5 are secured in place in the manner described and the bolts 9 are then slipped into the keepers 4, after which the mirror-frame is placed in position upon the bureau by slipping the keepers 5 over the upper ends of the bolts. When it is desired to remove the mirror-frame temporarily, for the purpose of cleaning and the like, it is only necessary to lift the mirrorframe up from over the bolts. When it is desired to store away or transport the bureau, the mirror-frame may be removed in the manner before described, after which the bolts may also be removed by withdrawing them from the keepers 4 and be packed away in the bureau, thus permittingthe bureau and the mirror-frame to be packed away in the smallest possible compass and greatly facilitating the removal of the bureau, as after the revmoval of the bolts there are no projecting parts liable to be broken or damaged in movthe manner described an extended bearing isafforded to the opposite edges of the bolts by the continuous webs 7, and as there is no metal other than the Webs between the sockets 6 the bolts will not bend or become stuck in the keepers.

The bolts may be made either flat or round and the keepers formed correspondingly, and I have illustrated both forms in the drawings, but it'willbe evident that other forms of bolts and keepers may be adopted, as fancy or convenience may dictate.

As shown, each keeper is formed from a single piece of metal, and in practice they are formed by bending or striking up into the By forming the keepers in required shape a rectangular blank having a central rectangular aperture. It will be manifest, however, that the entire device may be formed from a material or materials other than metal, such as Wood, and that the keeper may be formed into the proper shape other than by bending.

I hate shown the device used in connection with a bureau for securing in place the mirror-frame, but it will be manifest that it may also be employed for detachably securing together parts of furniture of various kinds or for fastening together parts of numerous different articles.

Having described my invention, what I claim is In an attaching device, the combination with two arched keepers adapted to be secured in alinement with one another, each of said keepers comprising two flat and parallel Webs or flanges lying in the same plane and two arched continuous sockets formed integrally with said Webs and uniting the latter, of a bolt adapted to seat in said keepers and removable from both of them, said bolt being provided intermediate its ends with a lug arranged to rest on the uppermost arched socket of the lower keeper and hold the bolt in place, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence of two subscribing witnesses.

WILLIAM S. HITCH. Witnesses:

RICHARD O. HARDESTY, WILLIAM IIARIG. 

